Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Stray bullet kills Jewish reporter for NPR affiliate in Kansas City
(JTA) — Aviva Okeson-Haberman had come home after apartment hunting in Lawrence, Kansas, where the reporter for the Kansas City NPR affiliate was about to start a new job covering social services and criminal justice. On Friday, Okeson-Haberman was hit by a stray bullet that entered her first-floor apartment in Kansas City’s Santa Fe neighborhood….
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Fast Forward 75% of House members back no conditions on aid to Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — More than three-quarters of House members oppose placing any conditions on aid to Israel, including some progressives from the Democratic Party’s left wing. They made the point clear in a letter sent Thursday to the body’s chief appropriators. The letter to Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, and…
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Fast Forward Virginia Republicans will have convention voting on Shabbat
(JTA) — The Virginia Republican Party, already under fire for a process for picking a gubernatorial candidate that critics say excludes some voters, just disenfranchised another constituency: Shabbat-observant Jews. A majority of the State Central Committee voted Thursday for a religious exemption to voting at the convention taking place on May 8, a Saturday, but…
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Fast Forward In Congress, bipartisan support grows for bills backing expanded Israeli-Arab ties
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The top Democratic and Republican lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee have joined a bill that supports the expansion of normalization agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors. It’s a sign of increasing bipartisan support for the initiative launched by former President Donald Trump. Rep. Gregory Meeks, the New York Democrat…
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News Mahmoud Abbas says he’s ready to ‘remove obstacles’ to relations with U.S.
(JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he was ready to “remove obstacles” to renewing U.S.-Israel ties, apparently signaling a willingness to stop the payments to the families of Palestinians who have killed Israelis that have proven to be a stumbling block. Speaking Sunday to J Street’s annual conference, Abbas also urged the participants…
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Fast Forward 22 senators from both parties urge Biden to name anti-Semitism monitor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The bipartisan Senate anti-Semitism task force urged President Joe Biden to name a State Department monitor to combat anti-Semitism. “Tragically, 76 years after the end of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism remains a serious and growing danger for Jews in Europe, the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere in the world,” said the…
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Fast Forward Bahrain airline to launch direct flights to Tel Aviv
(JTA) — Gulf Air, Bahrain’s state-owned airline, is launching direct flights to Tel Aviv in June, another marker in the country’s ongoing normalization of ties with Israel. Globes, an Israeli business daily, first reported on Sunday that flights would start on June 3. Gulf Air signed a code-sharing agreement with El Al, Israel’s national carrier…
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Fast Forward Antony Blinken expects other countries to sign onto Abraham Accords
Other countries believed to be considering normalization with Israel include Oman and Saudi Arabia
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